Convert AEST to SAST
SAST is 8 hours behind AEST. AEST is UTC+10 and SAST is UTC+2.
Right now: AEST · SAST
Best time to schedule a meeting
Standard 9–5 working hours do not overlap at all between AEST and SAST. Someone has to take an early or late call — or use asynchronous communication instead.
| AEST | SAST | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 10:00 AM | 2:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 11:00 AM | 3:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 12:00 PM | 4:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 2:00 PM | 6:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 3:00 PM | 7:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 4:00 PM | 8:00 AM | outside 9–5 |
| 5:00 PM | 9:00 AM | working hours |
AEST to SAST conversion table
| AEST | SAST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 4:00 PM (previous day) |
| 1:00 AM | 5:00 PM (previous day) |
| 2:00 AM | 6:00 PM (previous day) |
| 3:00 AM | 7:00 PM (previous day) |
| 4:00 AM | 8:00 PM (previous day) |
| 5:00 AM | 9:00 PM (previous day) |
| 6:00 AM | 10:00 PM (previous day) |
| 7:00 AM | 11:00 PM (previous day) |
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 12:00 PM | 4:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 7:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 8:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
About AEST
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) is UTC+10. It is used in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in the southern winter.
Australian Eastern Standard Time is UTC+10, covering Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra in winter. The complication is that Queensland does not observe daylight saving while New South Wales and Victoria do — so from October to April, Brisbane stays on AEST while Sydney moves to AEDT, and two cities on the same coast are an hour apart for half the year.
About SAST
South Africa Standard Time (SAST) is UTC+2. It is used in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini.
South Africa Standard Time is UTC+2 with no daylight saving, unchanged since 1903 apart from two wartime years. The whole country keeps it, and so do Lesotho and Eswatini. Against the UK it is two hours ahead in winter and one in summer, which is the shift that catches London–Johannesburg standing calls every March and October.
Does this gap change with the seasons?
This gap is seasonal. The abbreviations themselves are fixed offsets, but the region on AEST switches to AEDT (UTC+11) from October to April. So the 8-hour figure on this page is correct for the part of the year when both places are actually on these abbreviations, and changes by an hour outside it.
SAST does not shift, so the whole change comes from one side. A recurring meeting fixed in SAST will appear to move by an hour for everyone on the other side, twice a year, without anyone changing anything.
This is the reason scheduling systems store an IANA zone such as Region/City rather than an offset or an abbreviation: the zone knows its own rules and the offset does not.
Frequently asked questions
What time is 9:00 AM AEST in SAST?
9:00 AM AEST is 1:00 AM SAST.
Is SAST ahead of AEST?
SAST is 8 hours behind AEST.
Which time zone does this use?
AEST is UTC+10 and SAST is UTC+2. Both abbreviations denote a single fixed offset, so this conversion never shifts with daylight saving — what changes is which abbreviation a place is using at the time.